The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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... wind and rain ybeat ; Grief fed my mind , and did my body eat . Yet idleness I faw ( lam'd with the gout ) Had entrance , when poor truth was kept without ; There faw I drunkennefs , with dropfies swoll'n ; And pamper'd luft , that many ...
... wind and rain ybeat ; Grief fed my mind , and did my body eat . Yet idleness I faw ( lam'd with the gout ) Had entrance , when poor truth was kept without ; There faw I drunkennefs , with dropfies swoll'n ; And pamper'd luft , that many ...
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William Oldys. Ourselves to be the flaves of chance , and flies Of every wind that blows . Shakespear's Winter's Tale . Great works do oft yield grievous accidents , Which ftir up peoples rage beyond intents . Lord Brooke's Alabam . Good ...
William Oldys. Ourselves to be the flaves of chance , and flies Of every wind that blows . Shakespear's Winter's Tale . Great works do oft yield grievous accidents , Which ftir up peoples rage beyond intents . Lord Brooke's Alabam . Good ...
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... winds are contrary , Wife pilots change their courfe : When they are for❜t , They veer about , and make up to their port . Charles Aleyn's Poitiers . Actions are weakned with too hafty speed , Thus predigeftion doth difeafes breed ...
... winds are contrary , Wife pilots change their courfe : When they are for❜t , They veer about , and make up to their port . Charles Aleyn's Poitiers . Actions are weakned with too hafty speed , Thus predigeftion doth difeafes breed ...
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... wind about ' till thou haft topp'd the hill ; To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread , As many doors into one temple lead ; And the fame hand into a fift may close , Which inftantly a palm expanded fhews . Actions rare and fudden ...
... wind about ' till thou haft topp'd the hill ; To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread , As many doors into one temple lead ; And the fame hand into a fift may close , Which inftantly a palm expanded fhews . Actions rare and fudden ...
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... winds , as Spanish horfes do . 2. My lord , you love thofe winds as much as I do , And hate the fogs that haunt the dirty vales . " Crown's Ambitious Statesman . ADVERSITY . Sweet are the uses of adversity , Which , like the toad , ugly ...
... winds , as Spanish horfes do . 2. My lord , you love thofe winds as much as I do , And hate the fogs that haunt the dirty vales . " Crown's Ambitious Statesman . ADVERSITY . Sweet are the uses of adversity , Which , like the toad , ugly ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys Visos knygos peržiūra - 1740 |
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againſt Aleyn's Henry VII Antonio and Mellida Beaumont and Fletcher's beauty becauſe beft beſt Caligula Catiline caufe cauſe Chapman's court Crown's cuckold Cymbeline Cynthia's Revels Daniel's Davenant's Gondibert death defire doth ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe fair falfe fame fcorn fear feem fhall fhame fhew fince firft firſt fome fools foon fortune foul friendſhip ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Gondibert greateſt hath heart heav'n Henry VII himſelf honeft honour itſelf Johnson's juft Julius Cæfar King Henry VI lofe Lord Brook's Middleton's mind Mirror for Magiftrates moft moſt muft muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſure pow'r praiſe prince reafon reft Revenger's Tragedy ſeem Sejanus Shakespear's Shakespear's King ſhall ſhe Shirley's ſhould ſpeak Spenfer's Fairy Queen ſpirit ſtand ſtate Sterline's ſtill Tamburlaine thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou Trag Tragedy truft unto uſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife
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28 psl. - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
260 psl. - And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
73 psl. - O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
167 psl. - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
43 psl. - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
134 psl. - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
167 psl. - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
209 psl. - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
253 psl. - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
4 psl. - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th